Funder: Trio Foundation

Funds:  The Trio Foundation of St. Louis is an organization that values community enhancement, fulfillment of human potential, and ecological well-being. They promote equity,opportunity and access by providing funding towards goals of environmental justice, ecological preservation, and the creative experience. They recently have committed to a new funding framework which highlights new focus areas. The organization primarily gives to St. Louis city and surrounding county organizations with the focus on at least one of the following areas:

Women’s Economic Empowerment:

Support for job training, education, and employment with a focus on needs like housing,healthcare, and childcare.

The Arts:

Support for the arts and cultural organizations that increase opportunities to engage with the creative experience. Focus on small/mid size arts organizations,efforts to provide equitable access to the arts, and efforts that emphasize diversity and inclusion of the arts.

The Environment:

Trio supports efforts to create a better environment and ecology in the St. Louis area. This includes Biodiversity and Climate Change, Environmental education, Environment justice, preservation of Natural resources (air, land, water)

Due: New Applicant Registration due August 30, 2024 at 5:00pm CT

Proposal deadline is September 6, 2024 at 5:00pm CT

Funder: Marillac Mission Fund

Due: August 1, 2024 at 11:59pm CT

Funds: The Marillac Mission Fund (MMF) has opened applications for their Responsive and Capacity Building Grants. Responsive Grants will either fund programs/projects or general operating support for organizations that work with one of MMF’s focus areas: Immigrants & Refugees, Older Adults Living Independently, Veterans, Human Trafficking Prevention, Advocacy & Coalition-Building, or Improved Economic Mobility. To increase equitable access to funding for small organizations, MMF has also added the Small Organization Responsive Application this year specifically designed for organizations whose budget is less than $500,000. The Capacity Building Grant Program will focus on helping nonprofits in MMF focus areas make long-term improvements in management, governance, or organizational capacity through engagement with an outside consultant. The grants will be “pass-through grants” as the award will be made to the organization, which will pay the consultant. Applicants must reach out to MMF staff before applying and vet and select their consultants before writing the application. Lists of consultants who have worked with other MMF grantees can be provided if needed.

Funder: The Center for Community Progress

Due: July 22, 2024 12:50 CT

Funds: Community Progress’ annual Reclaiming Vacant Properties (RVP) Conference focuses on addressing vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties with innovative solutions to further community revitalization. The conference brings together more than 1,000 leaders from grassroots community organizations and will occur this fall on October 9–11. To ensure the representation of the diverse communities they serve, Community Progress is launching the Sundy Whiteside Scholarship which will cover registration for conference activities. Sundy Whiteside was a visionary leader within the St. Louis area who dedicated her life to bringing communities together through revitalization initiatives. Selected Scholars will honor her commitment by continuing to address vacant property challenges and driving positive change in their communities. 

• Demonstrated commitment to serving BIPOC communities with widespread vacancy and abandonment that have been disproportionately impacted by public health, housing, and economic crises. 

• Demonstrated commitment to racial equity

• Demonstrated financial need 

• Geographic diversity 

• Demonstration of how lived experience in neighborhood(s) impacted by vacancy and abandonment, if any, has inspired their work in the field of community development. 

Funder: Incarnate Word Foundation

Due: Letter of Intent due May 24, 2024

Funds: $3,000-10,000 for general operating support to organizations working in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, or East St. Louis with 501(c)3 status and missions in alignment with Incarnate Word’s values of equity, respect, compassion, love, joy, dignity, and inclusion.

Priorities:

• Dutchtown, Gravois Park, North City

• Catholic or faith-based

• ADEI

• Immigrants and refugees

• Youth and women

• Economic mobility and wealth-building

• Alleviating food security

Secondary Focus:

• Arts and culture

• Employment

• Ex-offenders

• Homelessness

• Support for older adults

Funder: St. Louis Community Foundation

Due: Letter of Intent due May 15, 2024

Funds: $20,000-50,000 distributed equally over two years. Organizations must include a component of arts and culture, environment, education, health, or social services, have 501(c)(3) status in the Greater St. Louis Community, have an operating budget of less than $1.5 million, and be headquartered and provide services within the Greater St. Louis Community which includes the City of St. Louis and/or the following counties: St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin in Missouri or St. Clair, Madison and Monroe in Illinois. (Organizations can provide services outside this specific area but SOS will only fund the services provided to the Greater St. Louis Community.)

Funder: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

Due: April 16, 2024

Funds: Through the Capital Magnet Fund, the CDFI Fund competitively awards funds to CDFIs and qualified non-profit housing organizations to attract private capital to economically distressed communities. These awards can be used to finance affordable housing activities, related economic development activities, and community service facilities. Capital Magnet Fund awards must be used to leverage housing and economic development investments at least ten times the size of the award amount. Award recipients can utilize Capital Magnet Fund awards to create financing tools such as loan loss reserves, loan funds, equity funds, risk-sharing loans, and loan guarantees. At least 70% of Capital Magnet Fund dollars must be used to finance affordable housing, and recipients may use up to 30% of funds to finance economic development activities linked to affordable housing.

Funder: Community Development Administration

Due: April 30, 2024

Funds: Up to $9,668,557 to facilitate the new construction or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing and provision of supportive services. Only applies to developments located within the City of St. Louis. Bonus points will be awarded for developing CDA-assisted and Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) owned properties.

Funder: Community Development Administration

Due: March 1, 2024

Funds: $500,000 for an interdisciplinary team to implement and administer a grant program to support stakeholders who have organized within their community to combat vacancy, slum, and blight, and to activate vacant lots.

Funder: Community Development Administration

Due: March 29, 2024

Funds: $1,600,000 of economic development sales tax funding from the City of St. Louis acting by and through the Community Development Administration (CDA) to facilitate the implementation of two adopted neighborhood plans.

Funder: Community Development Administration

Due: March 29, 2024

Funds: $2,500,000 to facilitate the repair, maintenance, and updates of vacant rental units. Only applies to rental properties located within the City of St. Louis.

Funder: Community Development Administration

Due: April 30, 2024

Funds: Up to $6,000,000 to facilitate the new construction or rehabilitation of residential or mixed-use development projects and provide homeownership assistance to homebuyers purchasing city-subsidized homes. Only applies to developments located within the City of St. Louis. Bonus points will be awarded for developing CDA-assisted and Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) owned properties.

Funder: Community Development Administration

Due: March 29, 2024

Funds: $400,000 for a third-party non-profit organization to administer a grant program, making small grants to increase the capacity of neighborhood organizations.

Funder: America’s Seed Fund

Due: February 16, 2024

Funds: Up to $200,000 to organizations that support ecosystem-building activities and provide direct assistance to entrepreneurs and small businesses in commercializing innovations, with an initial grant of $50,000 for ecosystem-building activities followed by the potential for up to $150,000 in additional cash prizes.

Funder: Balsa Foundation

Due: January 31, 2024

Funds: We offer the BALSA Grant to help first time entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground.

BALSA Grant finalists receive:

• Free (non-dilutive) cash grant of $1,000

• The Learning Series, a 10 week comprehensive entrepreneur training program that helps participants realize their potential, introduces them to the St. Louis business ecosystem and brings them industry experts every week that also includes one on one time with each presenter after the session.

  (Valued at $20,000+ in In-kind professional services

• One-on-one mentoring

The BALSA Grant is designed for first-time St. Louis entrepreneurs wanting to start or grow their early stage business in St. Louis.  We welcome applications from all business sectors, and from non-profit as well as for-profit organizations.

Funder: First Church Community Fund

Due: September 11, 2023

Funds: FCCF provides microgrants to small organizations who provide direct service, non-sectarian, social action projects in the St. Louis community. The committee prioritizes programs or projects that address issues of homelessness, poverty, and marginalized populations in the metro St. Louis area, especially St. Louis City.

Click here to apply.

Funder: Missouri Department of Economic Development

CDBG-DR Proposals Due: August 14, 2023

LIHTC/CDBG-DR Applications Due: September 23, 2023

Funds: Provides funding for new construction of affordable multi-family rental housing units in areas impacted by the flooding event

https://mcusercontent.com/7603a99d4426c770c2b088b4b/files/31061852-84ae-f945-7472-dbe27401e6fd/2023_amrr_proposal.pdf 

Funder: Environmental Protection Agency

Notice of Intent Due: July 31, 2023

Application Due: September 26, 2023

Funds: To create and expand low-income solar programs that provide financing and technical assistance, such as workforce development, to enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential solar.

https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/login.faces?oppId=348957&origin=vgo-apply

Funder: Missouri State Historic Preservation Fund Office

Pre Application Due: August 18, 2023

Final Application Due: October 2, 2023

Funds: These grants are used to fund projects related to the identification, evaluation, or protection of historic and archeological resources. 

https://mostateparks.com/page/84331/historic-preservation-fund-grants